Expanded Information Block Rules Go into Effect
Podcast: Interoperability: The Provider Perspective - Diagnosing Health Care
Podcast–Interoperability: How Far We’ve Come and Where We’re Going - Diagnosing Health Care
The New Information Blocking Rule: What It Means For Hospices
Podcast: Non-binding Guidance: Real-World Evidence in Drug Development and FDA Submissions
On July 1, 2024, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) published a final rule...more
Below is Alston & Bird’s Health Care Week in Review, which provides a synopsis of the latest news in health care regulations, notices, and guidance; federal legislation and congressional committee action; reports, studies,...more
Report on Patient Privacy 20, no. 11 (November 2020) - HHS Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) for Health Information Technology (ONC) is giving health care organizations more time to meet new rules on information...more
On April 21, 2020, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) released a proposed rule that would amend its civil money penalty (CMP) regulations to address a 21st Century Cures Act...more
While the healthcare industry is under siege battling COVID-19, on March 9, 2020, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) moved ahead and finalized two long-awaited and controversial rules related to...more
On March 9, 2020, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published two major regulations that will give patients additional access to their health data, while also addressing security of that information. Health...more
On March 9, 2020, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced final rules seeking to give patients more access to, and control of, their health data. The final rules were issued by the Office of the National...more
On March 9, 2020, two final rules on electronic health information were issued by the Office of National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)....more
NOTE FROM THE EDITORS - Welcome to the first issue of "Vital Signs"—a refreshed and reframed revival of Jones Day's Digital Health Law Update, given our long-standing commitment, experience, and leadership in digital...more
In furtherance of its goals of expanding the adoption of electronic health records (EHR) and improving security through the use of cybersecurity technology, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has proposed...more
Just two months after taking office, in July 2017, Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Scott Gottlieb announced the agency’s Digital Health Innovation Action Plan, which recognized that “digital technology has...more